Child Language Science

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	• Language Disorders From a Developmental Perspective: Essays in Honor of Robin S. Chapman (New Directions in ... Rhea Paul Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Child Language Science

This is an excellent read for anyone interested in the science of child anguage and child langauge disorders.

The last 25 years have witnessed an explosion of research at the intersection of typical language development and child language disorders. A pioneer in bringing these fields of study together is Robin S. Chapman, Emerita, University of Wisconsin. This contributed volume honors her with chapters written by former students and colleagues, who track in their own research the theme of psycholinguistic contributions to our understanding of the nature and remediation of child language disorders.

In this volume, such renowned researchers in child language development as Dorothy Bishop, Judith Johnston, Ray Kent, among others, discuss their research in certain populations in the context of the significance of, limits of, and alternatives to Robin Chapman?s developmental interactionist perspective. Studies of disordered language in Down?s Syndrome and Specific Language Impairment, in particular, attribute much progress in our understanding of the pragmatic and comprehension skills inthese populations to the developmental perspective.

Language Disorders From a Developmental Perspective opens with a reprint of Robin Chapman?s seminal 2001 article from The Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology. It concludes with a new chapter from Dr. Chapman summarizing what we know and what we don?t know about language disorders within the developmental framework, and pointing to future areas of research and intervention.

Clinicians as well as scholars will benefit from this book, as will students in programs of developmental psycholinguistics, child language disorders, and learning disabilities.

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